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-o- Chapter 3 -o-

HELLOOOOO?" Colette said as she hit ?'s head.

"Stop it bitch."

"Sorry. So...you want $1000000000000000000 from my family?"

"I suppose so." ? responded.

"Come to our house later to pick it up." Phaidra said with a bit of hatred in her voice.

"I'll go with Colette to accept the oracle!" Lloyd announced.

"Just you Lloyd?" Phaidra asked. "I'd be stupider than I already am!"

"Your name is Lloyd?" ? asked.

"Yeah."

"WHAT A DUMB NAME! WHAT KIND OF LOSER WOULD NAME THEIR KID LLOYD?"

"Give me your name and I shall give you mine." Lloyd told ?.

"I already know your name. Oh well. My name is Kratos. I'm a mercenary who kills people for money." Kratos stated.

"AHHH!" Colette screamed. "KRATOS IS GONNA KILL US!"

"No...well, maybe...I mean no!" Kratos said. "Let's just go inside the temple..But you two losers aren't coming."

Lloyd glared. "I am not a loser! Genis is! And I don't even want to come anyway!"

"HEY!" Genis yelled. "THAT'S NOT COOL, MAN!"

Colette began crying. "Y-you mean...you two d-don't care a-about m-me?" she sobbed.

"That pretty much sums it up." Lloyd stated.

"WAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Colette shrieked. "EVERYBODY HATES ME!"

"True." Lloyd grinned. Then Colette slapped him.

"FINE!" She screamed. "I'LL JUST GO WITH KRATOS! HE'S COOL!" Colette stormed into the temple. "Jerks..." she muttered.

"I guess if you're gonna keep slapping me if I don't come, I'll go..." Lloyd sighed.

Genis looked around to see that he was the only one standing outside. "Guys, wait up!" he called as he ran in after them.

Kratos looked at Lloyd. "Are your sword techniques self-taught, or did that old lady back there teach you...?" he asked.

Lloyd grinned. "Yup, Phaidra taught me everything I know about swordplay."

Kratos looked at the ceiling. "Oh goddess Martel, why must I travel with these idiots...?" he moaned.

"What did you say?" Genis inquired.

"Nothing..." Kratos muttered.

Genis raised his eyebrows but kept walking. Evenually, they went down some stairs.

"Hey look!" Genis exclaimed. "It's a rock moster thingy!"

"That sounded really dumb." Colette commented.

"LET'S FIGHT IT!" Lloyd shouted.

-cue battle music-

"Yah! Demon Fang!" "Ray Thrust!" "Fireball!" "Sonic Thrust!" (that was exciting, wasn't it?)

And the 'rock monster thingy' was beaten.

"Good job everyone!" Colette giggled.

Suddenly, the monster turned into a block of...stone.

"LOOKIE!" Colette exclaimed. "A BLO-- Whoops!" she tripped and the block fell through a conveniently placed hole in the floor. "I'm sorry!" she apologized.

Light bulbs appeared above Kratos's and Genis's heads. "I see..." Kratos said.

"I've got it!" Genis cried.

"What...?" Lloyd asked, confused.

"We push the blocks into the holes..." Genis began.

"And make a path." Kratos finished.

"Oh..." Colette sighed. "I'm a genius. I figured it out."

Genis rolled his eyes. "Sure Colette..." he said sarcastically.

"Thanks Genis. I knew you'd understand."

Then the four of them repeated the process however many times it took.

"There, done." Lloyd panted. "Let's go over there!"

Then they walked across the pat and made it to the Sorcerer's Ring.

"Whazzat?" Lloyd asked loudly.

"Um...I think it's the Sorcerer's Ring..." Colette guessed. "We can use it to do things."

"Like unlock that door back there." Kratos said.

"What door?" Colette, Genis, and Lloyd asked in unison.

"Are you telling me you guys didn't notice...? The door at the beginning!" Kratos yelled.

"Oh..." Genis sighed. "I remember."

Colette slapped him. "Nu-uh! If we didin't see it, then you didn't see it either." She told the mage.

"Um...I guess I didn't see the door." Genis mumbled.

"Good boy." Colette remarked and grabbed the ring. "It's pretty..." she stood transfixed.

Lloyd swiped it out of her hands. "I WANNA TRY!" He screamed.

Colette slapped Lloyd. "MY RING!" she claimed possessively as she stole it back."I found it first!"

Lloyd and Colette kept doing that for a while. Kratos and Genis stood off to the side watching them fight.

"They really are idiots..." Kratos commented.

Genis nodded. "You get used to it."

"I highly doubt that." Kratos walked over to the two, who were still bickering. He grabbed the ring from their grasps. "Neither of you get the ring."

Colette and Lloyd began crying.

"B-but...it's s-so p-pretty..." Colette moaned. "G-give it b-back..."

"No. Genis and I are getting the hell out of here." Kratos stated. "So I suggestyou twostop crying and follow us before something attacks you."

Genis had already started walking up the stairs, and Kratos was on his way over there. Colette screamed.

"DON'T LEAVE US HERE!" She demanded. "WE'LL GET KILLED!"

Genis sighed. "I guess Colette can come, she is the Chosen after all. But Lloyd, just...stay here or something..."

Lloyd was still crying like a 4 year old. "NOOOO!" he shrieked. "I CAN'T DEFEND MYSELF!"

Colette, who had gotten over it, grinned smugly. "Too bad sucka'. BWAHAHAHA!" She laughed evily.

Genis stared. "Are you okay Colette...?"

Colette coughed. "Uh...yes...Yes, I'm fine..."

"Okay..." Genis wasn't convinced.

"Um...let's just go to the door..." She ordered hastily.

Everyone nodded (even Lloyd, he finally decided to come) and walked over to the door.

"BAZANG!" Lloyd screamed.

"What the hell!" Kratos asked.

"You're s'possed to shoot the fireball. I'm the sound effects." Lloyd stated.

"Oh great." Kratos moaned. He shot the fireball and the door opened up.

"OH MY GODDESS!" Lloyd yelled. "THAT WAS FRICKIN' AWESOME!"

"That's nice Lloyd." Genis remarked sarcastically.

"Yeah, thanks, I know."

Genis rolled his eyes and everyone walked onto the warp pad...thing...

A bright light flashed and an angel appeared. "Hey guys." It greeted. "'Sup?"

Kratos slapped his forehead. "Idiot..." he muttered.

"Hey y'all! My name's Remiel!"

Kratos mouthed, 'get on with it'.

Remiel nodded. "Um...here's a Cruxis Crystal, C...C...Colette!" he forgot Colette's name.

"Thankies!" Colette smiled as she got a necklace.

"Sure thing...and uh...look! The Tower of Salvation! Ta-da!"

Everyone looked out thw window to see the Tower.

"Oh gosh!" Lloyd exclaimed. "That's so cool."

"YEAH IT IS!" Remiel yelled. "And Colette..."

"WAH?" Colette, who was asleep a few moments ago looked up.

Remiel sighed. "You have to...uh...break the seal...on each envelope at each temple."

"OH GOSH!" Lloyd (you guessed it) yelled. "THAT'S SO COOL!"

Everyone (even Colette) rolled their eyes.

"WAIT!" Colette screamed. "Are you REALLY an angel...?"

"Uh...I...uh..." Remiel stammered. "Uh...of course I am! Uh...See ya!" Then Remiel vanished in a ball of light.

Colette pushed Genis down on the floor on her way to the warp pad. "LOSER!"

Genis had a bloody nose and started crying. "WHY DO YOU GUYS HATE ME!"

Colette shook her head. "I don't hate you Genis, I just dislike you beyond all belief." She promtly warped out of the room.

Lloyd was staring at the ceiling. "That is a nice skylight." he commented.

Kratos had warped out of the room, and Genis after him. Finally realizing he was alone, Lloyd left too.

That's the end of this chapter! Please review!